When We’re Good..

March 25, 2008 · Filed Under England Test Cricket 

I don’t know what is going on with the England team at the moment - it seems that when we’re good we’re very very good and when we’re bad we’re just bloody awful! The third test got off to a shocking start, but we recovered thanks mainly to KP, although Colly and Broad also helped out. Then with the ball we take an early wicket before giving them a chance, before Sideshow Ryan leaps into action and ends up with 7-47! The pitch looks a good one so there isn’t really a reason as to why both teams have relatively struggled with the bat in the first innings.

Fast forward to the second innings and watching Andrew Strauss possibly saving his international career with a not particularly fast, but telling big century. Quite why, when he got out, we continued batting baffled the commentators but I don’t see it as that big an issue, we’ve got plenty of time to bowl them out on the last day that if we don’t do so we won’t have deserved to win the series.

With Freddie talking a good game with his recovery though and aiming to be ready for the first test of the English summer, one of the current batsmen may have to miss out, so Strauss may not have completely saved himself just yet. It’s not clear cut though that he’ll walk straight back into the team, he’ll have to prove that he is ready before he waltzes back into the side..

Also, there is now just one day of test cricket left before we start wearing new Adidas England cricket shirts! As soon as there is some info/pictures and somewhere to buy these I’ll let you know so keep an eye out for that!

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2 Responses to “When We’re Good..”

  1. Mandy on March 27th, 2008 12:08 pm

    Why should Flintoff get back into the England side, just because of who he is!!!! It will be very unfair to those who have performed throughout this last test series if they are dropped just so ‘Freddie’ can play. We have proved that we can win without him (even if it was an understrength NZ side) Broady has shown he is more than capable of knocking a few sixes and Sidebottom is not too bad either, and they have proved they are both awesome with the ball so lets stick with what we have and improve on that….

  2. Andy on March 31st, 2008 8:02 am

    I agree Mandy, I’ve said for a while Flintoff without his bowling full strength is not a Test Match bowler, his batting has been terrible since 2005!

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